... interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.Authors' contributionsPH, SB, YP, DY, and GC participated in the study design and coordination. OR, RBA, MK and HS analysed the ... means, median and interquar-tile ranges, and the mean WBC and neutrophil counts and their SD in the two groups are shown in Table 4. The efficacy of CRP measurements and CRPv in differentiating ... [13-17].We hypothesized that a more rapid increment in the concen-tration of these cytokines might translate into a more rapid syn-thesis of the presently used biomarker, CRP. The finding that patients...